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Big 12 Basketball Bracketology: Examining the seeding of teams

By Jason Kinander

LUBBOCK, TX - FEBRUARY 23: Norense Odiase #32 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders dunks the basketball during the second half of the game against the Kansas Jayhawks on February 23, 2019 at United Supermarkets Arena in Lubbock, Texas. Texas Tech defeated Kansas 91-62. (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images)
LUBBOCK, TX - FEBRUARY 23: Norense Odiase #32 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders dunks the basketball during the second half of the game against the Kansas Jayhawks on February 23, 2019 at United Supermarkets Arena in Lubbock, Texas. Texas Tech defeated Kansas 91-62. (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images) /
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AUSTIN, TEXAS – JANUARY 19: Jamal Bieniemy #24 of the Oklahoma Sooners drives around Courtney Ramey #3 of the Texas Longhorns at The Frank Erwin Center on January 19, 2019 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Chris Covatta/Getty Images)
AUSTIN, TEXAS – JANUARY 19: Jamal Bieniemy #24 of the Oklahoma Sooners drives around Courtney Ramey #3 of the Texas Longhorns at The Frank Erwin Center on January 19, 2019 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Chris Covatta/Getty Images) /

Oklahoma Sooners

Projected Seed: 10

At 18-11, Oklahoma is safely in the NCAA tournament. Despite a steep drop-off from their non-conference performance, the Sooners are easily an NCAA tournament team, and have nothing to worry about besides their seeding in two weeks.

Oklahoma has a good deal of quality wins, but a bad loss against West Virginia will hurt them on Selection Sunday. Oklahoma is amazingly in better position this year than they were on selection Sunday as a 10 seed last year, but I still expect Oklahoma’s seeding to be somewhat similar.

The committee is going to look at quality wins, which the Sooners have. They’ve managed to stay consistent throughout the season despite a short rough stretch, and other than the West Virginia loss, have performed well against the teams that they are expected to beat.

But with double-digit losses, and no major win other than their win against Texas Tech, Oklahoma will have a tough time getting a single digit seed. Some teams with double-digit losses are able to compensate with a group of outstanding wins, but Oklahoma has only good wins. The Sooners really lack a stellar resume, but their resume is by no means horrible. Oklahoma should fall somewhere in between.

If Oklahoma can win a couple more games, they can probably peak at an eight seed. But I highly doubt that Oklahoma will run the table in the next two weeks, rather I think they’ll go 1-2, and thus be a ten seed in the tournament.

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